Antioxidant Properties and Antioxidant Compounds of Various Extracts from the Edible Basidiomycete Grifola Frondosa (Maitake)

Grifola frondosa is an edible mushroom currently available in Taiwan. Ethanolic, cold-water and hot-water extracts were prepared and their antioxidant properties were investigated. At 1 mg/mL, G. frondosa T1 and T2 cold-water extracts showed high reducing powers of 1.02 and 0.50, respectively. Chela...

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Main Authors: Kaun-Tzer Wu, Cheng-Fang Tsai, Li-Hui Hsieh, Jan-Ying Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-04-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/4/3197/